bones, and, most important of all, withm the urn was a bronze 

 pL Towards the outer edge of the circle was found a compac 

 mass of charcoal and small bones, quite mdependent of central 

 S. Some distance to the north-east was another circle of 

 seven stones. A short time ago this circle was examined and it 

 s pretty certain that an amount of zeal was brought to bear, 

 yemiLdwith discretion, and the urn was doubtless broken 

 hS careless investigation. However, lai-ge masses of char- 

 coal and bones have been found, along with large quantitie 

 of burnt clay and a flint axe. This forms a simple statement 

 the nature of the recent finds in this clough The circular 

 momrds or barrows seem to have been suri;ounded by a group of 

 Sven stones. This circumstance is probably accidental, the 

 stones forming the circles in this country vary greatly m nurn- 

 berand disposition, and sometimes they are connected with 

 walls of loo e masonry. It has been supposed that they were 

 Tntended to afford a support to the mound, and m some cases 

 thisls likely to be true, but in other cases they are found withm 

 the mound also half ;ay up the slope and at times here are 

 double circles. Eeferring to the fear of avengmg spmts m con- 

 nection with these tumuh. Professor Dawkms says those m the 

 Isle of Man are protected fi'om destruction by this superstition 

 and that in 1859 a farmer offered a hex er as a burnt offering 

 that he might avert then- anger excited by the exploration of a 

 chambei^d tomb near Tynwald Hill, opened by Messrs. Oliver 

 and Oswald. In the coiirse of some investigations noticing 

 Xat appeared to me to be a tumulus, near the Castle own-road, 

 r?ntervS the proprietor, and he informed me that his plough 

 had tm-ned up a cinerary urn, which he quickly re-buried. His 

 fottr had solemnly enjoined on his death-bed that the mound 

 sWd never be cUstuibed. The notice of these variations 

 coupled .vith a study of present customs m the East has led to 

 Sotion that these stones have somethmg to do with the belie 

 that it was necessary to appease and propitiate the -P^ts ot 

 the departed," they being regarded as " the cause of all joy and 

 woe ''Perhaps further investigations will lead to more set led 

 rndusions. Turning to the urn itself, it is not distinguished 

 by any ornament, but in general outline it finds ^ P^raUd m 

 many parts of the country. It is clearly Celtic m foi'^ '^ the 

 probably of the Bronze Period. It is worthy of note that the 

 Srn molt closely resembles urns recent y discovered m the Isle of 

 Man The Darwen m-n is also similar and has some slight 

 incised ornament on the rim, correspondmg in style to some ot 

 the other rns found in this locality. The Roman and Saxon 

 urns are marked by quite different charactenstics. It is probable 

 St Mr. Wilkinson's urn was slightly hardened at the fire, and 

 it is often the case that urns are so imperfectly burnt as to 



